WHAT’S ON | January – May 2017 www.derryplayhouse.co.uk 5-7 Artillery Street Derry Londonderry, BT48 6RG, Northern Ireland Tel: 028 71 268027 Fax: 028 71 261884 www.derryplayhouse.co.uk [email protected] Arts and the Community working together COME WATCH Theatre, Music, Comedy P5-P28 WELCOME | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk at online Book EDUCATION HIRE US AT A GLANCE Training ,Workshops Venue and Room hire Opening times, map P29-P33 P36-P37 P38-P39 3 BOX OFFICE INFORMATION OPENING HOURS Monday- Friday 9.30am- 5.30pm Saturday: 10.00am- 4.00pm HOW TO BOOK By Telephone: Call (028)71268027 during box office hours. In person: Simply call into the box office during office hours. Online: Log on to www.derryplayhouse.co.uk anytime On the Night: The Box Office will be open 45 minutes before a performance for ticket sales/collections. Concessions available for those in receipt of benefits, students, under 18’s and senior citizens. Group discounts also available. 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COME AND WATCH WATCH AND COME | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk at online Book Royal Shakespeare Company Live presents National Theatre Live presents THE TEMPEST AMADEUS Wednesday 11th January 2017, 7pm Thursday 2nd February, 7pm Tickets £11 Tickets £11 - Cert: 12A (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development contribution) On a distant island a man waits. Music. Power. Jealousy. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of Thrones, enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Peter Shaffer's iconic play, broadcast live from Prospero is a magician, able to control the very the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. elements and bend nature to his will. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital out across the ocean to the ship that carries the of the world - and he's determined to make men who wronged him. Creating a vast magical a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies composer Antonio Salieri has the power to up on the shore. When they wake they find promote his talent or destroy his name. themselves lost on a fantastical island where Seized by obsessive nothing is as it seems. LIVE SCREENING LIVE SCREENING 5 Bloody Sunday March Committee presents The Royal Opera presents THE OLIVE TREE BY KATIE O’KELLY VERDI IL TROVADORE Friday 3rd February, 8pm Saturday 4th February 2017, 7.15pm Tickets: £8 / £6 concession Tickets £14 / £10 concession (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development contribution) From a dull day in Tesco to the dusty fields of Il Trovatore is one of the great operas of the Palestine. In the blink of an eye. Romantic period, a story of passion and blood, love and vengeance, disaster and murder. What the f**k just happened? New in the 2015/16 Season, this atmospheric and On a rainy day in Dublin, a jaded supermarket poetic staging by director David Bösch puts the story employee rips the boycott sticker off a bottle of olive of passion against the backdrop of war. oil... And the Palestinian olive tree of history comes to life before her eyes. Fire and snow in the landscape echo the cruelty and love of the story. The famous Anvil Chorus is just one The Olive Tree is a magic realist journey into the of the highlights of Verdi's exceptionally fine music, stories and struggles of Palestine, past, present which captures the shifting emotions of the drama and future. through impassioned love duets, fiery solos and The play is written and performed by Katie O’Kelly stirring choruses. (Stage UK nominee for Best Solo Performer, Edinburgh Fringe 2012). SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING COME AND WATCH WATCH AND COME | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk at online Book Sole Purpose Productions presents The Royal Ballet presents BLINKERED WOOLF WORKS Thursday 9th February, 10.30am & 8pm Saturday 11th February, 7.15pm Tickets: Matinee £6, Tickets £14/ £10 concession Evening £10 / £8 concession (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development donation) Age 16+ “Do you ever feel alone, like really alone, like The pioneering literary work of Virginia Woolf is nobody gets you?” the inspiration for award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor's triptych for The Royal Ballet. Behind the closed door, inside the mind of a young man, there is a darkness that will not go away. This McGregor has long been at the cutting edge of is a story about Ryan. You may not know him but ballet and in this critically acclaimed work he you may know someone like him. combines themes from three of Woolf's landmark novels – Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves - Sole Purpose Productions' reputation for engaging with elements of her letters, essays and diaries. theatre audiences in issues that are sometimes uncomfortable and raw continues in a play that Acclaimed British composer Max Richter creates shines a light on depression and the impact it has a specially commissioned score incorporating on the family. electronic and live music. Performances will be followed by an interactive workshop exploring the issues raised in the play. SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING 7 The Ulster Orchestra Presents National Theatre Live presents ON YOUR DOORSTEP SAINT JOAN Sunday 12th February, 5pm Thursday 16th February, 7pm Tickets: £10 / £8 concession Tickets £11 - Cert: 12A (includes £1 development contribution) (includes £1 development contribution) The Ulster Orchestra is delighted to appear at The Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc, broadcast live from Derry Playhouse as part of the ‘On Your Doorstep’ the Donmar Warehouse. concerts series; a new initiative started in the Bernard Shaw's classic play follows the life and trial Orchestra’s 50th anniversary year which sees the of a young country girl who declares a bloody Orchestra play in as diverse a range of venues as mission to drive the English from France. As one of possible across Northern Ireland. the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens This afternoon concert will feature members of the the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic orchestra in a programme of music which is sure to Church across Europe. banish winter blues and put a spring in your step! Josie Rourke (Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) A brilliant chance to see an intimate performance directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell of orchestral favourites. Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production. LIVE SCREENING THE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS WATCH AND COME | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk at online Book AN EVENING WITH BETTE MIDLER Tuesday 14th February, 8.30pm Tickets: £15 / £12 concession, offer of 2 for £20 (includes £1 development contribution) The Playhouse is proud to present “An Evening Join us for an intimate look at Bette's Life through with Bette Midler” featuring the fantastic Orla story and song. The perfect fit for an extra special Mullan (Josef Locke – A Grand Adventure) as the Valentines gift. divine Miss M herself. Directed by Kieran Griffiths (Josef Locke – A Grand She's feisty, she's naughty and she's got a voice full Adventure, An Evening with Doris Day & Gordon to the brim with character and beauty. Macrae). 9 NORTHERN IRELAND SCIENCE FESTIVAL Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents ZOMBIE SCIENCE: MY PLACE IN SPACE WORST CASE SCENARIO Sunday 19th February. 1.30pm Friday 17th February. 12pm & 3pm TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession www.nisciencefestival.com www.nisciencefestival.com My Place in Space, is a highly interactive event Worst Case Scenario; the world’s first fully certified that tells the story of our place in Space, Dr. interactive tutorial in dealing with a real Zombie Niamh Shaw takes the audience from the outbreak – can you survive? Zombie Science is back smallest thing to the furthest reaches of the with a spoof tutorial on the real science behind a Observable Universe. disease outbreak. Join Theoretical Zombiologist UGLY ANIMALS Doctor Austin as he puts you at the heart of a hypothetical Zombieism outbreak, and teaches you Sunday 19th February. 1.30pm what to do should a Zombie outbreak occur. TICKETS: £6 / £3 concession Featuring a multi-media presentation and www.nisciencefestival.com interactive demonstrations the outcome of the The Ugly Animal Preservation Society raises the outbreak is down to you! Supported by the profile of the world’s most ugly endangered Wellcome Trust and University of Glasgow. species. Join biologist Simon Watt for a perfor- Certified by the Zombie Institute for Theoretical mance that celebrates the incredible biology of Studies. the animal kingdom’s most monstrous, featuring videos and demonstrationstion. www.nisciencefestival.com WATCH AND COME | Book online at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk at online Book Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents Northern Ireland Science Festival 2017 presents WHAT'S YOUR POISON? A TASTE OF FLAVOUR Friday 24th February.